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Adam Sandler is an actor and comedian who first rose to national fame as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Sandler movie credits include Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), Big Daddy (1999), and Mr. Deeds (2002). Sandler founded Happy Madison film and television production company in 2007.

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The leaked documents, with Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and James Franco cast as clowns, may at times make it all seem like a comedy.
To those whose private correspondence and personal information have been exposed, it may feel like a tragedy.
Make no...

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Jason Reitman's serenely panic-stricken "Men, Women & Children" pushed every single one of my hot buttons as a parent while simultaneously setting off every single one of my warning bells as a critic. Based on Chad Kultgen's debut novel,...

"Thank you. I try. Sometimes you succeed. Sometimes you don't. You never know."
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Singer Beyonce, basketball player LeBron James and record producer and rapper Dr. Dre headed Forbes' list of the world's most powerful celebrities released on Monday.With estimated earnings of $115 million over the past 12 months and a string of chart...

Don Pardo, the seldom-seen, booming-voiced announcer for "Saturday Night Live" for nearly 40 years, died on Monday aged 96, according to multiple family and media reports.
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Richard Kiel, who most famously played the villainous Jaws in two James Bond films starring Roger Moore, "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker," and also appeared in Adam Sandler comedy "Happy Gilmore," died Wednesday...

Plainfield, IL -- Calling all movie lovers! The 2013 Movie Series, presented by BMO Harris Bank, continues Friday, July 12th, at 8:00 p.m. The Village of Plainfield and Plainfield Park District will be showing Hotel Transylvania in Settlers’ Park at the...

There's a scene at the end of the 2006 Adam Sandler comedy "Click" that makes rapper Mac Miller cry every time he watches it. Thanks to his magical, fast-forwarding remote control, Sandler's character realizes he made a mistake by spending too...

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You could say Debby Ryan is a late bloomer, by Disney Channel standards.
Disney gave Ryan her first starring role in a TV series, “Jessie,” when she was 18, which may not sound old until you consider Miley Cyrus was 12 when she was cast in “Hannah...

Seth Meyers took the “Late Night” stage Monday night like a man who didn’t have anything to prove.
His approach to his hosting debut was suggestive not of a much-hyped beginning, but of a Tuesday night show a couple of years into a long run: calm,...

We're following a debate raging in San Francisco with an eye turned to its linguistic ramifications as much as its cultural ones. A group of advocates is pushing for a local ban on circumcisions on all males younger than 18, calling the procedure cruel...

Movies are often viewed as the perfect way to relax: You sit in a comfy seat, eat some popcorn and tune out for two hours.
But there's a lot more to cinema than simply entertainment. Movies affect your brain and body in ways you may not be able to...

The friendship between Mike Berkson and Tim Wambach formed over a soft taco that exploded on first bite, leaving Berkson covered with bits of beef, cheese, onions and lettuce.
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A couple of years ago, Bruce Sheridan, chair of the film program at Columbia College, noticed a curious thing happening. A few of the film majors who interned on the Chicago production of "The Dark Knight" had started making their student...

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